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omg no!! hope the yearās just getting all the little bads out of the way before some Big Good </33 please have lots of the lemon ginger tea and honey iām sending over telepathically!! š«” what did you have at the lunch! anything particularly delicious?
(also, pretty belatedly: shadowheart on bass is Such A Thought. will need even more time to process how wonderful that'd be. and also makes me think you may enjoy the game/interactive fiction 'Infamous' if you've never seen it, to pass time as you rest! ++ iām pretty bad at picking favourite songs, fav feels like Such A Title i end up deliberating about which one it is until itās changed, but iāve really liked ao no sumika by tatsuya kitani! or so alright, cool, whatever by the happy fits! do you have a song you like to keep on to pass time while cleaning? or are you a āsilent cleanerā type?)
drinking the tea as we speak!! (i only have peach + probiotic tea in my cabinet.. and i have to say a prayer before i drink tea bc i really donāt like it)
i had chicken tenders!! nothing special but i ā„ļø them <3
ALSO: no need to apologize!!! infamousā¦ will be researching nowā¦ ++ my favorite song right now (i know no one asked but i like to over share) is ceilings by lizzy mcalpine or maybe melting by kaliā¦
#i am a fickle person so my favorite songs will change in 20 minutes#not my fault by renee rapp is good too and Iām listening to it rn#KISS A BLONDE KISS A FRIEND CAN A GAY GIRL GET AN AMEN#anyway#i can only listen to music while cleaning or else i would go INSANEā¦#are you a silent cleaner???? (say no)#i love interactive fictionsā¦ recently read apt 502 and body countā¦ luv luv luv#need my women biblically!#any favorite if characters anon????#<3#ā„ļø#š#ā„ļøšāļø nation
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i havent read warriors since avos but you are making me want to read the new arcs SO bad just bc i want to know what's up with curlfeather. your most recent art of her is so fire
i cannot truly in good faith recommend the current arc because it is quite bad. all of my curlfeather art operates 99% on my personal interpretation of her since she barely shows up, and when she does appear the erins donāt understand her like i do. however i do think the broken code is worth reading it is very fun despite its flaws and is my second favorite arc personally.
#the erins cruelly introduced one of their most conceptually interesting characters ever. so much so that she became a favorite of mine#but then has zero interest in exploring her character in any compelling way#but asc does have some interesting stuff going on under all the layers of typical warrior cats conservatism#like all warriors books there is potential there its just potential that will never be fully realized because this is the warriors series#ask#anon
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please exit your ableist harassment fandom right now
genuinely flabbergasted what fandom this could be about
#lets see#my main fandoms:#worm (powers are often metaphors for mental physical or social disabilities and respectfully analyzed as such by the fandom)#woe.begone (main character is physically disabled (though i feel it goes underemphasized in canon) and the fandom likes playing that up)#mcyt (one of my favorite mcyts is a disabled wheelchair user and the fics ive seen of him are often INCREDIBLY good disability rep)#ace attorney (canon has some yikes moments for sure but the fandom by and large likes to ignore those moments and make it into good rep)#slay the princess (cant think of any possible way this could connect to disability or ableism except with some fun interpretations)#(which ill have to remember bc interpreting say the Den or the Spectre as physically disabled fascinates me now)#malevolent (im not in this fandom anymore but even when i was i dont think you can critique it for ableism. sanism yes absolutely)#(malevolent SHOULD be panned for its rampant sanism. but ableism? the main characters are a blind man and an effectively paralyzed man)#(the content of most episodes revolve around them using each other to help lighten the load of those disabilities)#yeah im. lost. ur gonna have to spell this one out for me anon <3#asks
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jon bernthal is genuinely the hottest man I have ever seen
I've had so many celebrity crushes in the past but this guy is beyond handsome š he's exactly my type 100% I've never seen anyone hotter
OKAY SAME!!! iāve had all sorts of types that span across so many different type of people (i swear my type in women is the only consistent thing CJSKSKS. who said that?!) and i feel like seeing jonā¦ something clicked
especially cause for me, the first time i saw him was 2x1 of daredevil and he looks so different there from how he normally looks. but itās good cause it felt like i got to be surprised by how much MORE handsome he could get!!
heās got the dark hair, brown eyes strong cheekbones iāve always looked but he sprinkled in that big, broken nose and lordy šµāš« the rest is history CKSKDKSK
also cause weāre talking about how hot he is, iām gonna link some of my favorite looks heās had cause i can do that :D
this is one of my FAVE looks good lord. credits to @bernthalized cause sheās AMAZING and incredible and iām so sorry i donāt have the original link to the interview
as well as 1 and 2 (they both look good here 0.0)
i know thereās so many more looks that i love but iām at work and all i can think of are these three PFFF!
#OH and obviously any time this man has a beard. yāknow CJSKSK#these are just some of my favorites that arenāt necessarily character looks?#jon bernthal#asks#anon
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š³ļøāš THIS IS A ROBBERY!!! Hand over your GLaDOS headcanons please >:3
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Is this even a headcanon at this point? I mean, come on.
Send meĀ š³ļøāš and a character for my lgbtq+ headcanon and a doodle
#š„ anon#Re: Inbox#Re: Anon#If I get ANY clowns in my inbox saying ''GLaDOS is Chell's mom'' I will put my head In My Hands#She canonically VERY MUCH IS NOT. How is this still a conversation in 2023. Anyway#I haven't drawn GLaDOS in a LONG time damn. Sorry GLaDOS you're one of my favorite characters of all time. I'll draw you properly one day#As for the caption I don't know if she's lesbian specifically but she's definitely attracted to women. Canon. Take it up with Valve not me#GLaDOS#Pride Asks#I'm realizing I've been maintagging these characters for these doodles. Oops. Sorry GLaDOS fans
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Mitch's downfall as one of your favs was something I thought I'd never see and didn't expect to hurt me so much lol
Oop, sorry about that anon.
To be fair, it's not like I hate Mitch now or anything. I still like him and think he's a fine character, but a lot of time has passed. I assume you're coming from this post where I replayed TFS after a year away, which I wrote in 2022. I fell out of the fandom and writing fic for it, etc. that when I replayed, it didn't quite feel the same? If that makes sense?
Back when I was super active within the fandom every day, when episodes were still coming out, it's easier to get engrossed in every little thing about it, y'know? Mitch became a favorite of mine since he died in ep2, and my brain was like, "noooo, he had so much potential! I'm gonna create my own fix-it to further explore his character and what could've been!"
I don't regret that or anything, at the time I loved him, I loved the friendship dynamic with Clementine that I wrote in my fics. I've never been a mitchentine shipper. I never felt anything romantic between the two, but I liked them being best buddies... buuuuuuut then I look back on that and I'm like "ā¦..I think I just wanted to replace Violet with him since I took the 'Violet didn't forgive Clem and they're not on good terms anymore' route and then I gave him a similar queer background to her, whoops, should probably reflect on why I did that one, eh CJ?"ā¦ y'know? That wasn't intentional, but I know I've had some issues to work through in terms of internalized misogyny. That's not something I'd do now if I were to write for twdg, let's put it that way.
Mitch is good for what he is. He fulfils his role, and the fan content surrounding him definitely gave him a push. That's great, we had a lot of fun exploring Mitch headcanons and fic back in the themed night days.
#asks#twdg mitch#tbh i'm sad too anon haha#i have a lot of fics with mitch#he was important to me at the time but y'know... now its like seeing an old friend i haven't talked to in years#and realizing we're too different now to pick up where we left off#but y'know... it's a fictional character and if i wrote him now it'd be way different...... eh same difference hahaha#if it helps i still love louis and clouis and clementine's still one of my favorite characters in any video game#my love for the ninja squad never depleted i still love them dearly... obviously since i'm still here writing about them haha
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Why not combine them? You could post about MineDai eating pasta! Does Mine bulk with pasta? Does Daigo have a favorite pasta dish? Do they cook it together for a date night? Does Daigo even know how to boil water?? (Genuinely if you have any interest in posting about this please do, would read)
mine could, in fact, be the one who makes daigo pasta with a lil olive oil and salt and parmesan youre right ......
#snap chats#in MY world anyway ......#posts that inspired me to stop playing fps games to eat pasta instead <- im playing again later with my brother#bulking with pasta tho ..... im built like a cool stick you find in the forest but i love having pasta after a midday run ...#maybe not as a Meal meal but a quick meal just to have something afterwards yk#though would that not be lunch .... pasta lunch ... not a terrible meal for lunch actually...#idk i dont really eat lunch. unless that IS lunch.... idk dont ask me about the specific dietary habits of characters i dont eat#i dont imagine daigo has a favorite pasta dish- not that he doesnt like pasta its just not something he has strong opinions on#spaghetti's always a safe choice isnt it .... omg jollibees spaghetti ... i dont think he's had any but i just want JB spaghetti now ...#im full on pasta actually my stomach hurt <- just ate / contradicting 'i dont eat' statement#i cant imagine daigo and mine cooking together. maybe its because the thought of someone cooking with me makes me want to kill them#like im literally trying to cook here get out of the WAY. mine would be more nice of course he'd just have daigo wait if he was cooking#i should draw something with that .. i see it clearly. .. one day.#i just think itd be nice if daigo Wnated to help and insisted on it but mine's Deadass this time like. Go Away. Respectfully.#daigo'd prob joke about helping but then he gotta get hit with the Im Serious tone and now he's laughing while he walks away#like FIIIINNNEE WHATEVER guess he wont get the chairmans help <- the kitchen will not be burned down now#thats hyperbolic. moving on#youre right anon with the power of my mind i can make anything about my day related to minedai#i will be abusing this power indefinitely
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*looks at the camera like I'm on The Office.* *sighs as I fix my tie and gently place my hand on your shoulder.* I don't know how to tell you this..........but there's like zero Mei centric fics on ao3 and instead of DragonFruit you're only getting SpicyNoodles (Red Son x MK) and maybe if you're lucky, a DragonFruit or Trio Ship hint.
*stares at the wall*
*cracks my knuckles* Looks like I'm gonna have some work to do once I'm done watching the show
#why does this always happen to me#most of my major fandoms *I* have to write for my favorite character and my ships cause theres like nothing else#is there any stuff for tang and pigsy? or am i going to have to work over time#lmk#liv answers#ask#lmk anon#ty anon š#i appreciate you breaking the news
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Happy ArtFight 2023, everyone!! It was super fun and I'm really happy I got to take part this year!
I was super hyperfocused on moths this year lol -- I might be again next year š there were so many cool moth characters and I didn't get to get to them all, I've still got a bunch bookmarked! -- so here's all my attacks from this year! In order: Olive for @harmonymarigold Turon for @turontot Carnage the Moth for @flakytartart Motti for BlueDaLoser Raziel for Soonde36 And a friendly fire of Ann and Apollo for @ariisonfire/@ari-fire-arts
This was really fun!! I loved getting to experiment with you guys characters and seeing all the cool ideas people have! I'm super excited for next year!
#hehehe hopefully next year i can get faster and do more#THE CARNAGE ONE WAS MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE TO WORK ON BUT ALSO LITERAL HELL#maybe next year ill do a redraw of it to see if ive improved any >:3#i absolutely fell in love with all of these characters though!! they're all super cute and have amazing designs!!#hehe thank you all for a wonderful year of artfight!!#anon speaks#anon's art#other's ocs#anon's ocs#olive#turon#carnage the moth#motti#raziel#apollo#ander mcneil#artfight#artfight attack#artfight attacks#artfight 2023#artfight team vampires#af 2023#anon rambles in the tags
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Hi there! Anon sent reeling by S1E6 again! And I would just like to say that your response to my ask made me So Normal. Especially you bringing up S2E6, which is why Iām currently setting up a lawn chair here on the brink of insanity, because apparently Iām not going anywhere anytime soon.Ā
Because yes, youāre completely right about S2E6 demonstrating this cycle of pushing others away while pushing themselves towards greatness and accidentally leaving pain in their wake that MK and SWK have managed to stick themselves in, but ALSO now I canāt stop thinking about how we get Shadow Play IMMEDIATELY afterwards.Ā
Likeā¦ how much do you think Macaque had seen? Obviously he could see MK getting too caught up in his own head (*cough* and trauma *cough*) and shutting out his friends, butā¦ how much had he seen seen, you know?
And now I also canāt stop thinking about how immediately after Shadow Play, we get To Catch a Leaf. Which is obviously an incredible episode in its own right, but itās also the first episode since Minor Scale where MK is surrounded by his friends and he lets them help him. Because in S2E6, Mei and Sandy are with him, but heās not really with them. Heās focused on getting stronger, to the point where he ignores them telling him exactly how to do so. And in the beginning of Shadow Play, we learn that heās been further isolating himself off screen and blowing off activities with them so that he could focus on ā[being] readyā.Ā
But then To Catch a Leaf happens. And it starts off with MK surrounded by the others, having recently done something fun (curses aside) with Mei, and itās not a big deal. Heās not stressing about getting stronger or being ready, heās justā¦ there with them. Present and in the moment, at least as much as he can be, and itās fine. Heās fine, and more importantly he seems to be letting them in and being a bit more open with them.Ā
And this carries on into 72 Transformations! Because obviously he still hasnāt told them The Thing, but he does go from ignoring/avoiding them while trying to get more powerful to calling them all up so that he can involve them. Figure at least some things out, together. And it drives me insane because he was getting better! He may very well have worked his way up to telling the others about LBD! But then she came a-knocking with more trauma, and it blasts him two steps back and itās justā¦ AHHH! He was SO CLOSE!!!
Also, side note: Do you think MK believes he has a body count? And I donāt even mean the nebulous potential casualties from all the recent disasters that MK blames himself for, Iām talking about Spider Queen specifically. Because MK isnāt an idiot. If he didnāt know she was dead (or whatever getting sucked into the furnace counts as) immediately after the sewers, he would have put two and two together after Destiny Fulfilled. And considering this is the guy who blames himself for DBK getting out despite knowing that SWK was right next to him in bird form the entire time, I donāt think itās a stretch to say that he probably thinks itās his fault. Soā¦ do you think itās possible he sees himself as a murderer? Or, like, murderer adjacent? And if he does, how much more layered and messed up do you think thatād make the potential āWukong reveals he killed Macaqueā moment?
Sorry for the long ask, the monkey show has changed me for better and worse. I will never be the same. *reclines on my lawn chair, gazing out over the precipice of madness with a thousand yard stare*
One: never apologize for a long ask, especially when it has so much good stuff in it! Two: I KNOW RIGHT. The monkey show really does change you for the better or for the worst. I'm still reeling from s4 and it's been 4 months, and then the s4 special came in and permanently altered my brain chemistry once again. I have a house next to this abyss.
ANYWAYS.
The back and forth of MK's character is one of my favorite things about lmk (of which I have many)! He takes 2 steps forward and then 4 steps back, and I think that's a testament to what getting better can look likeāit's not linear. Sometimes, it's not even moving forward, and that's hard.
I think a great example of this "2 steps forward and then 4 steps back" phenomenon is MK's growth in Revenge of the Spider Queen:
MK starts believing in himself, smiling at that face in the mirror. It's not a strong belief, not yet, but it's a start. You can even see him making this attempt to improve in 2x01:
(this got a little long so everything else under the cut!)
MK: "Ah! Ugh, come on MK you can do this! Self-confidence! That's Monkey King 101!"
"Wait! I am worthy! Definitely worthy!" I'm Monkie Kid! Basically the new Monkey Kingāmight have heard of me? You know, the next chapter? I'm totally worthy!"
(2x01 Sleep Bug)
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MK's even trying to mimic Monkey King here, the person he thinks he should be:
But then, as you've mentioned, LBD and 2x05 comes along.
And it's funny, because now we know MK did become more like Monkey King, just like he wanted, but it's in all the wrong ways.
((Kind of a side note: We also know that Monkey King couldn't have "picked the wrong successor", because there honestly wasn't another option for a successor to begin with. MK grappling with like, 3 levels of Wukong lies is what makes s2 so delicious to watch))
And then we have 2x06, and THEN 2x07, and I'm sure that's exactly why Macaque stepped in! He saw MK going down the same path Wukong did. The drive to become stronger, pushing his friends awayāMacaque in Shadow Play knows exactly what he's talking about:
Macaque: "Well, with ol' Monkey King not around I thought someone should teach you a lesson! Ah MK, you really are dense, arenāt you. Haha, you saw a story about a hero who got handed everything, who didnāt have to work for anything, and you thought you were the other guy? The second the hero got real power, he couldnāt care less about his friends. Thatās you bud." (2x07 Shadow Play)
("Everything I did was for us!" "You did it for yourself!" *head in my hands .png*)
Wukong leaves. That's what he does, and that's what he did to MK in both Revenge of the Spider Queen (leaving MK to fight Spider Queen and her mech alone) and 2x01.
And honestly, MK in s2 is simply doing his best to pick up the pieces, to be Monkie Kid alone, without SWK or even his friends. But it doesn't really workāhiding LBD's return from his friends didn't save them in 2x10, and it didn't stop the Lady Bone Demon, just like Wukong hiding LBD's return from MK didn't protect MK from any of it.
This pattern, of walking in Wukong's footsteps and making the same mistakes, keeps repeating itself.
MK's 2x08 parallel to Wukong in 3x10 is another good example of that.
MK's terrifying of hurting the people he cares about, so he leaves. He runs off, and this only hurts his friends further. ("Can't you see you're hurting the people who care about you the most?" and "I canāt risk hurting the people I care aboutāthe oneās I have left.".)
And so, tying this all back to the s4 special, we're starting to see MK take 2 steps forward again:
MK: "You ever wish things will just stay like this, like they are right now?" Sun Wukong: "Pssshhkk, where's the fun in that?" Tang: "Uh um, Monkey King, we need to have a serious conversation about your idea of fun."
Mei: "At least we fixed something for a change, instead of destroying it!" MK: "Yeah! So long as we leave the world in better shape than we found it, then it's all good right?"
(4x14 Better Than We Found It)
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And I'm waiting for the eventual 4 steps back.
Because well..."At least we fixed something for a change, instead of destroying it"...it's not that they didn't fix anything, but plenty was broken:
Flower fruit mountain was destroyed. Azure died. Whoever orchestrated all of this is still out there.
So, MK's current answer to "doing what you think is right" leading "to pain" might just not hold up. Because well, MK can try, that's for sure, but all that effort might still not make it a net positive, you know?
I think MK will blame himself for Azure's death, for SURE tough. He might have residual guilt about Spider Queen and everyone else harmed along the way, but Azure is the one I'm certain on. MK feeling like he's a "murder adjacent" and that compounding with the "Wukong Murdered Macaque" reveal and being "just like Wukong"...OH BABY. IT'S ALL COMING TOGETHER.
Like,
MK: "I just- I just want to be me. To be MK!" Curse MK: "Yeah well...we all know exactly where that leads." LBD Voice Over: "To pain."
(4x07 Pitiful Creatures)
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Identity and destiny are very much intertwined in this show, and MK doing what he thinks is right and being himself leads to pain. That's exactly what happened to Azureāhe took the Jade Emperor's throne to try and make the world a better place, but all he managed to do was barely fix what he himself had broken.
MK: "Yeah well...I'm kinda always the one getting the world in trouble to begin with so..."
(4x01 Familiar Tales)
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All it's going to take is one antagonist speech towards MK that hits a little too close to home, and everything else is going to come crashing down.
I am very much getting geared up for my s5 lego tragedy, thank you very much!
#legitimately SO ill over it#Like MK is going to go full harbinger of chaos. I don't see any other way this will shake down#*sobbing* IT'S ALWAYS TO PAIN#MK tries SO hard to have positive character development but he always gets struck down#this is probably my favorite ask ever thank you anon#it seems like you enjoyed the monkey show. I'm glad we're all enjoyin' it#brb I am gonna go and rewatch 2x08 because I can#one of my favorite episodes#Like. Sandy accidentally destroying the bear mountain DRIVES ME INSANE. INSANE. HOW COULD THEY DO THAT TO ME.#Like Sandy's answer to ''to pain'' was very similar to MK's. He was choosing not to fight so he couldn't hurt anyone#But that didn't work out!#And this is imp's continuing adventures of going insane over Sandy and MK parallels#''I AM a monster! That's what the world wants me to beāso that's what I'm gonna give 'em!''#Okay jan#Thanks#This will have no implications down the line#lmk meta#lmk#lego monkie kid#monkie kid#asks#lmk MK
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The live action Scooby-Doo movies?
I did not see this ask until RIGHT now (first time on desktop since crab day, second time since Nov 5 2020 [which was DOUBLY experience since I got my phone taken the same day]) so I'm going to assume this ask got eaten on mobile because tumblr, HOWEVER you poked a bear with this ask anon (as I'm sure you knew when asking) SO without further ado: my Scooby Doo live action opinions
So when you say 'live action Scooby-Doo movies' I'm assuming you're talking about the James Gunn films, starting with Scooby-Doo (2002) followed by Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, just due to like, generally popularity and also the fact that I have actually seen those films. However shoot another ask if you wanted me to include Curse of the Lake Monster in this (because I will if anyone cares and turn this into a live-action scooby dissertation, i'd just need to like. watch the movie first) But anyways where I'm going with this is that this post is about the Gunn movies aka the ones with SMG, Freddie Prinze Jr., Linda Cardellini, and ofc our #1 man, Matthew Lilliard.
Okay so my take on these movies is... complicated. I wouldn't say it's as complicated as my feelings towards SDMI, because I watched the live actions way less as a kid and generally care less about them, but still no matter how much shit I throw at these two movies there are parts that I generally like (even love) that stops me from totally condemning them wholesale. Like the fact that these movies are FUNNY! There's so many moments from this duology that are just beyond iconic "like, that's one of my favorite names!" the whole thing with Scooby in the dress at the airport, ET. CETERA (like I can go on!)
The Gunn movies are genuinely SO fun and I can 100% see and understand how they've stood so well in the public view as a representation of Scooby. HOWEVER, this is where you start to see my problems with them. For the general American, (because that is the audience I'm familiar with) ESPECIALLY millennials and younger, who happen to make up the majority of both people on this site AND people I talk about Scooby with in real life, these movies, and the elements they introduced as "quintessential scooby tropes" are the base of their understanding of the Scooby franchise, along with likely some miscellaneous WAY episodes and maybe SDMI.
Which is where I get pissed off. In the pushing of the narrative of "breaking away" from the Scooby norm, Gunn basically invents (aka totally makes up) an idea of what classic era Scooby was like, cementing an idea of classic Scooby into the public mind that is totally disingenuous and just straight up false. For example, in attempting to portray Daphne as having taken strides to be seen more seriously in solving mysteries and defending herself, it pushes the narrative that in the classic era she WASN'T taken seriously, and only existed as a damsel-in-distress prop of a character, which is just not true??? Like yes, Daphne is clumsy, that's a part of her character, and her friends (because, fun fact, the gang ARE friends) joke about it sometimes because that's what friends DO. Framing that in some kind of sexist "that's all she does" lens is just total bull, especially as gang members fall into secret passageways/get lost etc. in WAY ALL THE DAMN TIME because that's how the plot functions! Like are we calling Velma ditzy for losing her glasses every other episode? Of course not, and Fred falls into passageways all the time, not to MENTION Shaggy and Scooby and all they get up to. Also one last thing on the topic of Daphne, like this idea of her mystery solving skills not being respected by the gang is just so supremely bullshit it amazes me sometimes, especially when she was the LEADER (or leader adjacent) through pretty much all of her appearances in the 1980s [Not that James Gunn could look at '80s era Scooby without spitting on it, but I digress]
AND THIS IS JUST DAPHNE! Like the perceptions pushed towards Fred (and Velma, but mostly Fred) through these movies are just as bad! Like okay, with Fred---In these movies Fred is just an asshole. I hate Gunn Movies!Fred. I mean yeah he can be funny but it's almost always so mean! Almost nothing makes me madder than a mean Fred by the way. If he's putting other gang members down (even halfway, like with his whole "dorky chicks like you turn me on too" line, which... ew) then to me something has gone very, very, VERY, wrong in your basic understanding of Frederick Herman Jones as a character. Like he's the cheerleader! He puts himself in between his friends and danger! He loves nets, and traps, and Elvis impressions, and wrestling, and the trapeze, and cars, and most of all he LOVES sharing the things he loves with his friends! (Sometimes to a bit of an extreme. No one wants to hear about your net facts, Fred) And the live action movies just don't understand that at all. And I know there's maybe something to say I suppose in that some of those aspects of his characterization hadn't been "established yet" by the time "Scooby-Doo" came out in 2002. But it's there if you look. For Fred Jones, being the leader means being the caretaker, (he's the Mom friend what can I say) and any version where he's cruel and arrogant and just DOESN'T CARE about his friends in the way he's shown to in the Gunn movies is just so far from Fred to me it's not even funny. And what makes it even worse for me is that this (or at least something similar) is the idea of Fred that has really spread to the popular culture. Just the "leader", the jock that makes the rules, the one that [insert X adaptation here] finally gave a personality and made interesting (something that has been said more times than I can count for pretty much every gang member, save Shaggy and Scooby).
And I haven't even touched on Velma, and how they gave her a bit of a early 2000s smart superiority girl complex against Daphne, plus the whole makeover thing and etc. etc. The Gunn Movies are pretty much what would happen if you took someone who hadn't seen Scooby since they were 7 years old (and honestly had a pretty negative outlook against it then) and tried to "fix" it, only his memory was so bad he just made up problems (and threw in a good helping of early 2000s style sexism with it) convincing pretty much the entirety of the popular culture that said problems exist and that Gunn was absolutely brilliant for fixing them (and then bringing up said "problems" whenever anyone wants to talk about Scooby) and this entire rant has been without even fucking MENTIONING what is probably the reason you, anonymous tumblr user sent this ask in the first place, to I, Swishy "Scrappy Doo Redemption Arc" Broke-on-books (dot tumblr dot com), which is his HIGHLY SUCESSFUL and utterly sadistic character assassination of my number one man, Scrappy Doo.
And I am going to try my damnedest here not to get totally into my highly passionate opinions over what James Gunn did to Scrappy in the first of his Scooby movies and how thoroughly it has pissed me the fuck off because I have been writing this post for over an hour now and if we start to really get into my feelings on this topic it will certainly be a couple of hours more but like. That Fucking Bitch. I give James Gunn personally a solid eighty-five percent of the blame for making my life as a Scrappy Doo fan UTTERLY unbearable with this stupid fucking movie alone, and just his Scrappy crimes would honestly be enough for me to say that I hate this movie, not even considering the numerous Scooby crimes I've been talking about here for the past million paragraphs, but the part about this movie that makes me the MOST mad the most pissed off is that it's actually a good fucking movie. James Gunn wrote two hilarious and entertaining movies that have become beloved in the popular culture for their successes in that arena, while at the same time pissing all over the core themes and messages of the franchise of which it was based, that of friendship.
TLDR; The Live Action Scooby Doo movies (written by James Gunn) are highly entertaining and fun pieces of media to watch, and are widely loved by the general public and looked at with fondness and nostalgia because of that. However, as a hardcore Scooby Doo fan (writing that phrase sounds so ridiculous but oh well) the existence of these movies and their impact on the popular culture can be extremely frustrating (despite any personal nostalgia said fan may have) due to their spreading of a misinformed picture of what "typical Scooby Doo" looks like. This picture is especially frustrating due to the fabrication or exaggeration of problems present in classic Scooby (such as sexism in regards to the girls), as well as giving more ammunition to other problems in Scooby fandom (such as oversexualization, and sexualization in general, which no one wants to see in regards to their children's cartoons, like HONESTLY.) Discussions of sexism and sexualization in Scooby (both of which ARE present and are issues, although not at their worst in WAY) can often lead to an overlooking of the issues that are very present and clear in WAY and have continued since then with far too little resistance (I'm 100% talking about the racism here) HOWEVER that topic deserves at least a dozen posts of its own that I am no way informed or qualified enough to even begin to think about writing. The Gunn Movies are frustrating to many longtime Scooby fans because of these reasons, but for me, and fellow Scrappy Doo fans there is also the added aspect of the demonization of Scrappy Doo in the live action movies and the affects that has had on the popular culture as well, making it uniquely inhospitable to like or enjoy the character of Scrappy. End post.
#that last sentence is such a weird tone jump btw but its because the topic flowed one way and i had to jump it back to a summary to actually#finish this monster of a post#SO anon i hope you're happy with this and this makes my opinion make some more sense. and you or anyone else is more than welcome to ask me#questions about anything i said here or my opinion on any and everything scooby related (and not) so if theres a specific aspect of this yo#would like expanded on i can definitely 100% do that for you or anyone who cares#also there are many complexities towards my feelings on these movies that i didnt get to hit on despite the monstrous size of this rant (il#check word count later but im not gonna fuck with it now because im terrified of deleting this post by accident) one of which is my lasting#fondness towards all of the actors in this movie. YES including freddie prinze jr. i may have major issues with his fred but hes also playe#characters i really really like. for example hes the va in this tv show i LOVE and havent watched in like 10 months despite the fact im on#the last season because freddie's character dies in like 7 episodes and i am NOT AT ALL emotionally prepared for that on any level because#that is my fictional father goddamnit!!!!!#also every buffy the vampire slayer gifset that crosses my dash gets me closer and closer to watching it because oh my god daphne!!!!! that#sarah michelle gellar thats daphne oh my god!!!! also i went and saw guardians of the galaxy 3 with my friend (despite not having seen a#marvel movie in 2+ years AND holding a grudge over james gunn's scooby doo crimes)[the things you do for {platonic} love amirite?]#and the title sequence SAID linda cardellini was in it and i got SO excited i was looking everywhere for her it was like wheres waldo in th#discount movie theatre FOR REAL and i just could NOT for the life of me find her (turns out she was VAing the ferret) so in a way linda mad#me cry with that role. whatever. istg i get so off topic i forget what i was even talking about but ANYWAYS <<<1 of my fave english words b#dubs (my favorite spanish word is el amanacer btw. it means sunrise. also burbujas because its bubbles and saying it sounds like bubbles#popping) BUT. AS I WAS SAYING. SEND ME ASKS IF YOU WANT SCOOBY DOO OPINIONS. DEAR GOD I GET SCATTERBRAINED SOMETIMES.#scooby doo#answered#anonymous#blah
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STOP AND READ THIS IF YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING OUR RP SINCE OUR RETURN
Hey all, you know how it's almost been ten years since we started these RPs? I was curious how many of you have been there since the beginning, maybe had a name change or an account change, and what you've thought since we came back! Do you follow all the blogs? Or just a few? Do you lurk? Feel free to send an anonymous ask in the spirit of honesty hour!
I'm genuinely curious how many of you keep up with our RPs, or if you follow for VeggieTales memes like the liveblogs/shitposts. If you "have been around since show one" and we "still haven't given [you] a name" I'd also really like to just chat with you! Feel free to hop into my messages in that case and we can chat there too!
#veggietales#veggietales rp#If you have a favorite character or a Veggie OC and you reach out I'll do a little drawing for you if you happen to get in touch#but you definitely have to do that via DM and not anon so I can make sure I can reach you if there's any delays#veggietales fandom#vt fandom#vt#veggie tales#veggietales roleplay#veggie tales roleplay
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oh I would so so love to commission fic and compensate u properly but are we allowed to do that with copyright laws n all?
ah a very good and often asked question!
strictly speaking, no not really, but there's a spectrum of opinions on if it's an 'okay' thing to do anyway ranging from 'obviously that's technically illegal and it should never, ever happen' to 'you're simply paying someone for their time creating content that otherwise wouldn't have been made by the original creators.' it's a bit of a messy subject. tons of fan artists offer art commissions without anyone batting an eye - some people are comfortable with that, others aren't.
this reddit post is a pretty good forum discussing your exact question. one of the best ways I've seen it put is: "Generally, what I've seen is along the lines of 'hey, do you really want a specific fic to exist, without you having to write it? I can do that for you. Here are my prices, if you're interested' and then the fic, once done, is posted publicly. So, more paying for the fic to exist than the fic itself, if that makes any sense."
#I personally have a hard time seeing commissions as a sort of theft because#theft of what?#it's copyrighted material but is the original author going to write a 1k coffee shop au tailored to your personal tastes?#are they losing any money because a small artist got paid $15 to write that little fic?#it's a complex issue and that's kind of simplifying it#but for me I'm so so glad some of my favorite artists and authors have commisions/patreons open#if (when!) I end up a published author I'd be thrilled to death if fans could make a little extra cash playing with my characters#I know that doesn't mean all creators therefore would be thrilled#I'm just saying#ask#anon ask
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Hi okay it's me again. I started watching the bear and it's really good (although it's makin me stressed how stressed they are) The other two i will come to next, intriguing. I could have specified I'm only into fiction shows and not really stuff like Taskmaster but it sounds like you enjoy it which is cool. I remain open to any other suggestions!
Hello! I'm glad you're watching The Bear, yeah I think the show was made to stress people out lol! I would say even if you think it wouldn't be your thing, even just give a short clip from Taskmaster a chance its worth it, but thats the lasts ill push that. Other fiction shows is still a super broad category but let me think.
It's really popular right now, so you've possibly already seen it, or at least heard about it, but I'm lowkey obsessed with it at the moment so I have to mention it and that's Bridgerton. If you're unfamiliar its a romance/drama show in a stylized regency era. I really love it, but I would say skip season 1 and go right to season 2, its the better season. Like I will warn some people act like its regency porn, which its not, but there are some sex scenes that are a little more graphic then a lot of shows show, so just so you know if thats not your thing, but they're easy to fast forward through.
Lowkey inspired by the last suggestion, is Derry Girls, their is an actress in both this and Bridgerton that I'm a big fan of, so I've been rewatching this of recent. Its a comedy about a group of high school girls in Derry, Ireland in the 90s, and their teen mischief while in the background is the troubles going on in the country. And its a really funny show, great characters, and if your like me you will be trying to copy their accents cuz they're amazing.
School Spirits, it's a teen drama/mystery about a girl who becomes a ghost, and she's trying to discover how this happened to her, with the help of other ghosts shes meets and a living friend of hers who can somehow see her. I got really hooked on this show when I first saw it, and I need it's second season asap. I will say there is potentially triggering content so I'd recommend looking into that first if thats a concern.
Extraordinary, omg I don't know why I didn't think of this one sooner or for the first list, but it's another show I was hooked on when I first saw it. It's a comedy, where everyone has a super power except for our protagonist, and we see how she deals with that/her trying to discover her power somehow. It's a lot of fun to watch, some characters have absolutely ridiculous powers, where you think they'd probably be better off without a power.
I hope you maybe like some of these please do come back and tell me any thoughts you have on them if you check any out!
#my post#anon#show recommendations#the first 3 i watched on netflix the last one on hulu if you need help finding them#i hope these arent all things you already know#i mean bridgerton is pretty popular but i still felt like i had to suggest it just incase plus im kind of obsessed so just gives me a reaso#to mention it#like season 1 is fine if you do go in order i did cuz i watched since the show started#but season 2 man its just so good#a perfect main couple and my most favorite side couple that i need to be legit its a whole thing message me if you wanna know more#also like i hope its not annoying for me to mention that the shows could potentially be triggering#i guess in a sense any show could#but like i just dont want to send someone into a show totally blind#especially when ive heard people say/or i found moments triggering#and also i just think maybe its better to say go check#then for me to explain just incase i miss something important or not mention what is a trigger for you if you even have any#also i cannot believe i forgot all about extraordinary#i was obsessed when i first saw it another show i need the next season asap#also there is a surprise gay character this is tumblr so i figure its worth mentioning
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Who are your top five favorite female fictional characters?
This was hard to narrow down! And i still canāt say that this is in any particular order, but here are 5 of my femme faves:
1. Katniss Everdeen
2. Mystique
3. Haruhi Fujioka
4. Lexa (the 100)
5. Poison Ivy
#ask#answered#anon#idk what any of this says abt me#i couldnāt make my mind up in the Star Wars and Star Trek universes#Furiosa deserves a spot too tbh#so many anime girlies too#AND THE TOLKIEN UNIVERSE#FUCK#come back and ask me for my 50 favorite femme characters lol
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Out of the grandmansters/egg bosses in the Archie comics, which one was your favorite?? It can be either from pre reboot or post reboot!
Hehehe unfortunately for you, anon, my fav becomes a grandmaster before the super genesis wave and therefore is my immediate first choice without contest
*Bangs fist on table* I love her so much
#sonic the hedgehog#archie sonic comics#lien da the echidna#anon interview#I'm too lazy to look up where that screenshot I have came from but I think it's during the endangered species arc before the worlds#collide special#Thanks for the ask anon!! I always love an excuse to shove a fav in people's facesš„ŗš#Honestly what I enjoyed about the grandmasters was how they were always playing this tenuous game with Eggman#And how a lot of them joined thinking they'd obtain powerā only to have to worry about Eggman sacking them if they disappointed#I think Dimitri was probably my second favorite grandmaster just because his character was so much more interesting to me during this period#(from joining Eggman with the legion through to being found in a crate in one of Eggman's bases)#And while I don't have any specific favoritesā I really enjoyed the complexity with the post sgw eggbosses#A lot of them joined Eggman to save their people or people they care aboutā or to have a better shot at keeping their people safer than they#would fighting against eggman#One of them just really likes him#Some of them joined because of cultural values (in this case#'the leader is the strongest' type of mentality)#And sure some still did it because of powerā but post sgw makes it harder to ignore (as the story did just before the sgw) exactly what#conditions would drive people to join a conquering dictatorā even if they hated him#That being said I don't really have a favorite Egg Boss#I guess I'll say maybe Clove or Axel#i just be ramblin#If you have any other questions about my favorite anything or my thoughts on characters or anything like thatā feel free to shoot me#another ask!!š„°
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